C61500 Bronze vs. SAE-AISI D2 Steel
C61500 bronze belongs to the copper alloys classification, while SAE-AISI D2 steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 28 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (4, in this case) are not shown.
For each property being compared, the top bar is C61500 bronze and the bottom bar is SAE-AISI D2 steel.
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Mechanical Properties
| Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa | 110 | |
| 190 |
| Elongation at Break, % | 3.0 to 55 | |
| 5.0 to 16 |
| Poisson's Ratio | 0.34 | |
| 0.28 |
| Shear Modulus, GPa | 42 | |
| 75 |
| Shear Strength, MPa | 350 to 550 | |
| 460 to 1160 |
| Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa | 480 to 970 | |
| 760 to 2000 |
| Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa | 150 to 720 | |
| 470 to 1510 |
Thermal Properties
| Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g | 220 | |
| 270 |
| Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C | 1040 | |
| 1440 |
| Melting Onset (Solidus), °C | 1030 | |
| 1390 |
| Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K | 430 | |
| 480 |
| Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K | 58 | |
| 31 |
| Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K | 18 | |
| 11 |
Electrical Properties
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS | 13 | |
| 4.3 |
| Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS | 13 | |
| 5.1 |
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
| Base Metal Price, % relative | 29 | |
| 8.0 |
| Density, g/cm3 | 8.4 | |
| 7.7 |
| Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material | 3.2 | |
| 3.4 |
| Embodied Energy, MJ/kg | 52 | |
| 50 |
| Embodied Water, L/kg | 380 | |
| 100 |
Common Calculations
| Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 | 27 to 200 | |
| 92 to 100 |
| Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 | 100 to 2310 | |
| 570 to 5940 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points | 7.5 | |
| 14 |
| Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points | 19 | |
| 25 |
| Strength to Weight: Axial, points | 16 to 32 | |
| 27 to 72 |
| Strength to Weight: Bending, points | 16 to 26 | |
| 24 to 46 |
| Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s | 16 | |
| 8.3 |
| Thermal Shock Resistance, points | 17 to 34 | |
| 25 to 67 |
Alloy Composition
| Aluminum (Al), % | 7.7 to 8.3 | |
| 0 |
| Carbon (C), % | 0 | |
| 1.4 to 1.6 |
| Chromium (Cr), % | 0 | |
| 11 to 13 |
| Copper (Cu), % | 89 to 90.5 | |
| 0 to 0.25 |
| Iron (Fe), % | 0 | |
| 81.3 to 86.9 |
| Lead (Pb), % | 0 to 0.015 | |
| 0 |
| Manganese (Mn), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.6 |
| Molybdenum (Mo), % | 0 | |
| 0.7 to 1.2 |
| Nickel (Ni), % | 1.8 to 2.2 | |
| 0 to 0.3 |
| Phosphorus (P), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Silicon (Si), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.6 |
| Sulfur (S), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 0.030 |
| Vanadium (V), % | 0 | |
| 0 to 1.1 |
| Residuals, % | 0 to 0.5 | |
| 0 |